About the day » Tuesday March 16, 1717Calender converter

• Annetje Karregat, Volendam, Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelius Antonisse Hopstaeken, Hoeven
• Fridericus Tilmannus Tribels, omgeving Düsseldorf, Duitsland
• Franciscus (Conelissen) van der Wielen, Puiflijk († 1763)
• Annetje Jansdochter KARREGAT, Volendam, Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Josephus de VOOGDT, Tongelre, Eindhoven, 3547, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1782)
• Elisabeth BOUXHON, HERVE, Liège, Belgique
• Antonius [heer] de Vooght (van 'tHofke), Eindhoven, NB, NL ( 'tHofke, Tongelre) († 1782)
• Gérard CHAINEUX, THIMISTER, Liège, Belgique
• Buitenechtelijk kind Marija Mathijssen, Bemmel

• Matthias Jacobi van der Asdonk, Erp
• Christiana Elisabeth van CASTELL-REMLINGEN (42), Neuenstein, Baden-Wurttemberg
• Jeanne DAGOURY (82), Brix, 50087, Manche, Normandie, France
• Catharina POORTERS (80), Helmond, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Jan Stolk (42), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Gerrit Lodewijksz Danckerts (81), Ridderkerk
• Aart Rijsdijk (1), Zegwaard, Nederland
• Gerrit Jans Rietberg (69), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Gerrit Rietberg (69), Kampen
• Jacobus BOENS (47), Hooglede Belgie

• 1687 » Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, queen consort of Frederick William I († 1757)
• 1693 » Malhar Rao Holkar, Indian nobleman († 1766)
• 1701 » Daniel Lorenz Salthenius, Swedish theologian († 1750)
• 1729 » Maria Louise Albertine († 1818)
• 1741 » Carlo Amoretti, Italian scientist († 1816)
• 1744 » Nicolas-Germain Léonard, French poet and novelist († 1793)
• 1750 » Caroline Herschel, German-English astronomer († 1848)
• 1751 » James Madison, American academic and politician, 4th President of the United States († 1836)
• 1753 » François Amédée Doppet, French general († 1799)
• 1760 » Johann Heinrich Meyer, Swiss painter and writer († 1832)

• 1649 » Jean de Brébeuf, French-Canadian missionary and saint (b. 1593)
• 1679 » John Leverett, English general and politician, 19th Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1616)
• 1721 » James Craggs the Elder, English politician, Postmaster General of the United Kingdom (b. 1657)
• 1736 » Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian organist and composer (b. 1710)
• 1737 » Benjamin Wadsworth, American minister and academic (b. 1670)
• 1738 » George Bähr, German architect, designed the Dresden Frauenkirche (b. 1666)
• 1747 » Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (b. 1690)
• 1838 » Nathaniel Bowditch, American captain and mathematician (b. 1773)
• 1841 » Félix Savart, French physicist and psychologist († 1791)
• 1868 » David Wilmot, American politician, sponsor of Wilmot Proviso (b. 1814)

1. Jan
2. Joannes
3. Cornelis
4. Pieter
5. Johannes
6. Jacob
7. Petrus
8. Willem
9. Hendrik
10. Jean
11. Jacobus
12. Gerrit
13. Johann
14. John
15. Dirk
16. Henricus

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Marie
4. Catharina
5. Joanna
6. Johanna
7. Cornelia
8. Elisabeth
9. Neeltje
10. Mary
11. Grietje
12. Trijntje
13. Petronella
14. Jannetje
15. Aaltje
16. Elizabeth

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• March 31 » A sermon on "The Nature of the Kingdom of Christ" by Benjamin Hoadly, the Bishop of Bangor, preached in the presence of King George I of Great Britain, provokes the Bangorian Controversy.
• June 24 » The Premier Grand Lodge of England is founded in London, the first Masonic Grand Lodge in the world (now the United Grand Lodge of England).
• July 17 » King George I of Great Britain sails down the River Thames with a barge of 50 musicians, where George Frideric Handel's Water Music is premiered.
• August 17 » Austro-Turkish War of 1716–18: The month-long Siege of Belgrade ends with Prince Eugene of Savoy's Austrian troops capturing the city from the Ottoman Empire.
• August 22 » Spanish troops land on Sardinia.
• September 29 » An earthquake strikes Antigua Guatemala, destroying much of the city's architecture.

The temperature on March 16, 1717 was about 5.0 °C.